Reporters angered over new Illinois bidding process

October 17, 2012

Under the new Illinois bidding process, the state is seeking bids on two master contracts: one that would cover the northern half of the state and the other the southern half. Small, local reporting firms state that they would not be able to handle such a large area and that the contracts could only go to large, corporate reporting businesses based out of Chicago or St. Louis. SJ-R.com covers the full story.